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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FRANCIS ODELL, OF'NEW YORK, N. Y.

BASE FOR PIANO-FORTE STOOLS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,48 8, dated October17, 1865.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANcrs ODELL, ofthe city, county, and State of NewYork, have invented a new and improved article of manufacture ofpiano-forte stools with metal pedestals, in imitation of the carved andscroll work pedestals; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a fulldescription of the same.

The object of my new manufacture is, first, to make piano-forte stoolswith cast-metal pedestals or bases in imitation ot' the mahogony androsewood styles of patterns for the legs or posts of piano -fortessecond, to cheapen their cost bymakingthem ot'castmetal instead of Wood,thereby saving the great expense of carvers Work to duplicate patterns;third, to make them stronger, and at the same time preserve moreperfectly the outlines of the carvings or scroll-work than if made ofwood and veneering; fourth, to obviate their top-heaviness by using ametal pedestal to counterbalance its elevated upholstered seat, andthereby prevent its frequent upsettings when being moved about on acarpeted lioor.

The nature of my invention consists in the use of the new manufactureofpiano-fortestools having cast-metal pedestals in imitation of andsubstitution for the ornamental carved and scroll work wood pedestals inordinary use for such purposes.

To describe my new article of manufacture more particularly, I willrefer to the accompanyin g drawings, forming a part of thisspecification, the same letters of reference wherever the occurreferring` to like parts.

Figure l is a perspective view of the metalpedestal.

same.

Letter a represents the pedestal, and b the claws or feet. These partsare formed in one piece, though they may be cast in detached pieceswhere the style of the patterns, scroll- Work, or carvings make itdifficult to mold them in the sand preparatory to their'being cast inmetal.

In the pattern exhibited in the drawings the style of the pedestal is ofthe scroll pattern, and is intended to represent the square posts of theheavy rosewood piano-fortes, the column or post c of which being made tocorrespond With the posts ofthe piano-forte. The column or post cissecured upon the pedestal by means of four screws, el, passing upthrough the pedestal into the lower end of the column, and thus unitingthem iirmly together. When the pedestal is made in sections the partsmay be secured to the column or pillar in various Ways, and therefore donot deem it necessary to specify anyparticular Way ofdoing it, as I makeno claim to the mode ot' securing the pedestal and column together.

Having now described myinvention ofa new manufacture of piano-fortestools, I will proceed to set forth what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patentlof the United States:

The new and useful manufacture of metal bases for piano-forte stoolsmade in imitation of and substitution for ornamental wood basesordinarily used for such purposes.

Witnesses: F. ODELL.

O. L. BARRETT, R. S. ROWLEY.

Fig. 2 is a cut sectional view ofthe

